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Originally Posted by JU_88
Im still confused about the U.S the term 'liberals' the word seems to ecompass the authoritarian left, which i not really fair tbh.
A true liberal will have more nuanced/balanced views on things like the role and size of government, economics, foreign policy, immigration etc. (Much like your average conservative does)
What you are seeing from your 'loudest' democrats now is not very liberal at all but far left authoritarianism.
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Indeed. True 'Classic Liberals' are a dying breed. I believe that this 'authoritarian left' is being infused and taken over by some very extreme anti-intellectual views. The most predominate one is identity politics. Long held truths, for example, are derided and discarded because they are the product of a dead white guy. Your value to society is not what you contribute but what you are. What could produce an unjust society more than illogical thinking like that?
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which kind of re-enforces the gist of the article that August posted, lets face it. Failing the far lefts moral purity test is now punishable in real world terms. If that's not authoritarian I don't know what is.
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The real calling card of the authoritarian left, one which drives it in the media and politics is constant moral outrage. This results in labeling your opponents with every manner of immoral names. Fascist, Nazi, racist,etc. The moral outrage can't stop or the movement dies. This produces some very unhinged rhetoric, which sensible people on the Left refuse to call out much to their shame. The beast feeds itself.
The problem with the 'progressive left' is just that. It keeps moving left.